Short Bites Monthly

Your digest for December 2022.

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Short Bites Monthly ensures that our data as a public health agency remains transparent to the public and to people who are interested in our mission.

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Events

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Outreach Efforts

Enhanced Neighborhood Support (ENS) has been conducted in several neighborhoods. This includes door-to-door property inspections, delivery of educational material, and residential alerts to disease threats.

The Bite Back Tour

Season 2 is finished! In case you missed an episode, you can watch all episodes of Season 1 and Season 2 on our YouTube channel.

Read the Recap for Season 2

Public Health Teacher of the Year

Mr. Dev from Sierra Madre Middle School is celebrated as the Public Health Teacher of the Year for 2022!
Ravi Dev Anandhan is a teacher in the Pasadena USD and completed the first Train-The-Trainer (T.T.T.) program led by our Education Specialists. Mr. Dev is awarded for using T.T.T. lessons and enrolling 168 students to Operation Mosquito G.R.I.D.

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A man examines a document while a woman assists him in a lab setting with microscopes and a presentation in the background. — *Image of 2022 Public Health Teacher of the Year, Ravi Dev Anandhan.*

So before the year ends, take advantage of our free Professional Development Opportunity, Train-The-Trainer. Middle school science teacher can mobilize students, enhance microscope skills, and identify micro-wildlife with our citizen science program Operation Mosquito G.R.I.D.

Digital Communication

A person is working on a computer, focused on graphic design related to a science development opportunity. — *Image of Communications Specialist editing promotional content.*

This Winter, we are creating more content in other languages that resonate with residents in the San Gabriel Valley. This has been one of our 2022 goals and are looking forward to reducing the language barrier in 2023.

Catch Ada Eez in her latest video!

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‘Tis the season for holiday shopping. Check out our latest blog post on the 6 Sustainable Gifts Everyone Needs This Holiday Season and give the gift that repels mosquitoes all year long.

Read the Bite Back Gift Guide

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The Surveillance Department continues to focus on maintaining essential vector surveillance including mosquito trap routes, arbovirus testing, providing weekly surveillance data to the District, and maintaining the mosquito fish and mosquito colonies.
This month, the average number of Aedes mosquitoes caught per trap continued to decline from the previous month.
Aedes mosquitoes, also known as ankle biters, are not as active during the cold weather. Currently, these black-and-white striped mosquitoes are considered nuisance biters and are not spreading any diseases locally.

The image shows a map of the Los Angeles area with blue circles indicating various locations or points of interest. — *Image of average mosquitoes per trap by sampling location and by city/community. The size of the bubbles on the map reflects the relative numbers of mosquitoes caught at each trap.*

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Communications Department Mission Statement:

Increase transparency and credibility through multi-media dialogue in order to engage and motivate internal, local, regional, statewide, and nationwide stakeholders to take action and become public health agents of change in their communities.

🖋 Written by Ally Gaspar, Outreach Assistant